βAnd to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of Godβ (Eph, 3:19).
The passage before us is a treasure chest of truth. Paul contrasts the spiritual knowledge of the believer (βto knowβ), with human knowledge (βpasseth knowledgeβ). We are living in a time when a high premium has been placed on intellectualism. Technology is advancing so rapidly that a product is barely to the marketplace before it is obsolete. Human knowledge has progressed to the point where man has now created small micro chips, the size of a pencil eraser, that can store volumes of information. While man glories in his accomplishments in the area of high tech, God is still the infinite One in knowledge overall. And while human knowledge has benefited us all in areas of medicine, science, and travel, man through human wisdom can never know God nor understand the things of God (I Cor. 1:20,21).
Those who are saved, however, have at their disposal a spiritual knowledge that far surpasses human knowledge. Having the eyes of our spiritual understanding opened, we are now able to comprehend the Word of God. It is from Godβs Word that we first learned of the love of Christ. It was Christβs love for us that sent Him to Calvary to die for our sins, to redeem us back to God (Rom. 5:8). His love also keeps us secure, for as the Apostle says, βWho shall separate us from the love of Christ?β (Rom. 8:35). The love of Christ constrains us or motivates us to serve Him.
We can never repay what he has done for us, but out of gratitude for what He has accomplished for us we should desire to live for Him (II Cor. 5:14,15). With this knowledge of the love of Christ we can enjoy the fullness of God. source
[β¦] and He also knew thatΒ βall have sinned and come short of the glory of Godβ (Rom. 3:23), and in infinite love He left the glories of heaven and stooped to bear the disgrace and penalty for sin Himself! [β¦]